# De Abrahamo 266

Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, Section 266. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-abrahamo/266

ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἐπὶ τοῖς περὶ τὸ σῶμα μέγα φρονεῖν ἄξιον, ἐν οἷς τὰ ἄλογα ζῷα πλεονεκτεῖ· τίς γὰρ ἀνθρώπων ἰσχυρότερος ἢ ῥωμαλεώτερος ταύρου μὲν ἐν ἡμέροις, ἐν δ’ ἀγρίοις λέοντος; τίς δ’ ὀξυωπέστερος ἱέρακος ἢ ἀετοῦ; τίς δὲ περὶ ἀκοὴν εὐτυχὴς οὕτως, ὡς τῶν ζῴων τὸ νωθέστατον, ὄνος; τίς δὲ περὶ τὰς ὀσφρήσεις κυνὸς ἀκριβέστερος, ὅν φασιν οἱ κυνηγετικοὶ ῥινηλατοῦντα τοῖς μακρὰν πτώμασιν εὐσκόπως ἐπιτρέχειν οὐ προϊδόμενον; ὅπερ γὰρ ὄψις ἑτέροις, τοῦτο μυκτῆρες κυσὶ θηρευτικοῖς καὶ ἰχνευτικοῖς.

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Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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